TY - JOUR
AU1 - Goyal, Ankita
AU2 - Rani, Vatchala
AU3 - Manjunath, Bhadravathi Cheluvaiah
AU4 - Rathore, Kanupriya
AU5 - 
AB - Padjadjaran Journal of Dentistry. 2019; 31(3): 167-176. Relationship between paediatric liquid medicines (PLMs) and dental caries among chronically ill children 1* 2 3 Ankita Goyal , Vatchala Rani , Bhadravathi Cheluvaiah Manjunath , Kanupriya Rathore *1 Department of Dental Surgeon, Employees State Insurance Corporation Hospital Abu Road, India Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Dentistry Jamiya Miliya Islamiya University, India Department of Public Health Dentistry, Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences, India Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Dentistry All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India ABSTRACT Introduction: Paediatric liquid medicines (PML) most often contain sucrose as a sweetening agent to mask the bitterness of active ingredients and make it more palatable; however, this may be a risk factor for dental caries. The purpose of this research was to assess the relationship between long-term pediatric liquid medicines (PLMs) consumption and dental caries in 2–12-years-old chronically ill children. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in a public pediatric hospital in India for a period of 6 months. A total of 455 children aged 2–12 years old with various chronic diseases who were receiving PLMs for more than 6 months were selected as the subjects in this study and compared with 
TI - Relationship between pediatric liquid medicines (PLMs) and dental caries in chronically ill children
JF - Padjadjaran Journal of Dentistry
DO - 10.24198/pjd.vol31no3.25071
DA - 2019-11-30
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/relationship-between-pediatric-liquid-medicines-plms-and-dental-caries-rig4u0euwe
DP - DeepDyve
ER -